- 7.7/1036 votes
#1 - Whose Child is This?
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/4/1974
Clifton is left dumbfounded by a sexy barmaid who claims that her child is his.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1024 votes
#2 - Honesty Day
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/11/1974
Business falls off and private lives suffer, all because the family decides to embark on a day of total honesty.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1025 votes
#3 - Clifton's Dubious Romance
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/18/1974
Clifton falls for an attractive young woman and then has second thoughts when he finds out about her past.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1023 votes
#4 - Cousin Albert
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/25/1974
Mama wants Clifton to be successful like his Cousin Albert. What she doesn't know is that her nephew's money comes from dealing in drugs.
Director: N/A
Writer: Al Gordon, Hal Goldman
- 7.5/1031 votes
#5 - Clifton's Sugar Mama
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/2/1974
A calculating three-time widow has come to see Mama, but she only has eyes for Clifton.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1022 votes
#6 - Clifton's Big Move
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/9/1974
Clifton samples freedom when he moves in with his pleasure-seeking Army Buddy.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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- 7.6/1021 votes
#7 - Mama Steps Out
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/16/1974
Mama is being swept off her feet by a widower with a brood of unruly brats.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1020 votes
#8 - The Loan
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/23/1974
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Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1019 votes
#9 - Clifton's Con
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 10/30/1974
Clifton infuriates Mama by hiring an old Army buddy who recently served time in prison.
Director: N/A
Writer: Dan Wilcox, Thad Mumford
- 7.2/1019 votes
#10 - Clifton's Persuasion
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/6/1974
Clifton becomes the latest target in the efforts of a young minister to bring young members into the church.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.1/1022 votes
#11 - Oscar's Affair
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/13/1974
Naming a Sunday-school wing after Clifton's late father may become a reality, provided that no hidden skeletons turn up in the Curtises' closet.
Director: N/A
Writer: Jerry Ross
- 7.5/1017 votes
#12 - Tracy's Trouble
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 11/20/1974
Tracy's three-month marriage is on the rocks after she and Leonard have their first major spat, causing her to leave and head home to Mama.
Director: N/A
Writer: Al Gordon, Hal Goldman
- 6.8/1014 votes
#13 - The Gun
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/4/1974
Despite Mama's vehement objections, Clifton buys a gun to protect his household from burglars.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1014 votes
#14 - Song and Dance Man
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/11/1974
Comic Slappy White plays a vaudevillian nightclub performer touring with his voluptuous foil McBee.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1019 votes
#15 - Mama Gets Fractured
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/25/1974
Clifton's plans for a weekend fishing trip run aground because of Mama, who is bedridden with a broken leg and cannot be left alone.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1018 votes
#16 - The Last Haircut
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/8/1975
Clifton and Earl debate what to do with the body of Loanshark Louie, who quietly expired in the barber's chair while waiting for a shave and a haircut.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1017 votes
#17 - The Shakedown
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/15/1975
After cosigning a loan for Earl, Clifton learns that the contract was prepared by a loan shark.
Director: Stan Lathan
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1017 votes
#18 - The Ambulance Chaser
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/22/1975
When Clifton is hit by a taxi, he is perfectly willing to settle the damages out of court, until Earl and a shady lawyer persuade him to sue.
Director: Stan Lathan
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1017 votes
#19 - Earl's Girl
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 1/29/1975
Earl is in love and dreaming of marriage, but his girl friend is more interested in playing the field.
Director: N/A
Writer: Jerry Ross
- 7.2/1015 votes
#20 - The Witness
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/5/1975
After Earl testifies against an armed robbery suspect, he becomes terrified that the burly criminal will seek revenge.
Director: N/A
Writer: Al Gordon, Hal Goldman
- 7.0/1015 votes
#21 - Clifton and the Kid
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/12/1975
Clifton has no trouble ending his affair with a divorcee. The problem is ending his relationship with her son, who would rather live with Clifton than with his mother.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1017 votes
#22 - The Hero
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/19/1975
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Director: Norman Abbott
Writer: Erik Tarloff
- 7.1/1013 votes
#23 - The Image Maker
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 2/26/1975
Clifton triggers a new wave of excitement among his friends when he announces that a TV Producer is considering him as the subject of a documentary about middle-class blacks.
Director: Stan Lathan
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1017 votes
#24 - Trial and Error
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/5/1975
Mild-mannered Leonard shocks everyone by winding up in jail, accused of visiting a brothel.
Director: Norman Abbott
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1018 votes
#25 - Clifton and Politics
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/12/1975
Clifton incurs the wrath of Mama when he backs a radical political candidate who has served numerous jail terms.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of That's My Mama Season 1
Every episode of That's My Mama Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of That's My Mama Season 1!
Clifton Curtis has got it made—he runs a successful business he inherited from his late father and he's lucky with the the ladies—but he still...
Genre:Comedy
Network:ABC
Episodes
26
Avg. Rating
7.4
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Whose Child is This?" is the best rated episode of "That's My Mama" season 1. It scored 7.7/10 based on 36 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/4/1974. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Honesty Day".